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  Organism information authenticating apparatus, organism information registering apparatus, and organism information collating apparatusUSPTO Application #: 20060085650Title: Organism information authenticating apparatus, organism information registering apparatus, and organism information collating apparatus Abstract: An organism information authenticating apparatus has an organism information forming unit which forms organism information and a target processing unit which executes a target process regarding authentication by using the organism information. When the target processing unit instructs activation, the organism information forming unit notifies the target processing unit of information for the target process. Processing information necessary for the target process is obtained. A processing procedure for the target process is decided. Quality of the organism information is discriminated. Re-forming of the organism information is instructed until the organism information which satisfies predetermined quality is formed. The target process is executed by using such organism information. The processing information is held and when the re-forming is instructed, new organism information is re-formed on the basis of the organism. The target processing unit is notified of the re-formed organism information. (end of abstract) Agent: Venable LLP - Washington, DC, US Inventor: Toshio Nakamura USPTO Applicaton #: 20060085650 - Class: 713186000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Electrical Computers And Digital Processing Systems: Support, System Access Control Based On User Identification By Cryptography, Using Record Or Token, Biometric Acquisition The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060085650. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The invention relates to an authenticating apparatus for performing personal authentication on the basis of organism information, an organism information registering apparatus, and an organism information collating apparatus. [0003] 2. Related Background Art [0004] An authenticating apparatus for performing personal authentication by using information (biometrics) formed on the basis of organisms such as fingerprint, voiceprint, iris, vein, face type, or the like of the user has: a target processing unit which executes target processes such as registration of organism information, collation based on the organism information, the personal authentication based on a collation result, and the like and makes display control of a display screen in accordance with a processing situation in the target processes; and an organism information forming unit which, when an instruction from the target processing unit is received, forms the organism information on the basis of the organism of the user, notifies the target processing unit of the organism information, and makes the display control of the display screen according to a situation of the processes. [0005] A special technique to obtain the organism information of predetermined quality and a dedicated technique for the display control of the display screen in the above processes have been installed in the organism information forming unit. The organism information forming units have been developed in various companies having such a special technique. [0006] In the display screen whose display is controlled by the organism information forming unit, for example, the specifications such as screen construction, color arrangement, font, and the like have uniquely been determined in each company. Since the specifications are uniquely determined, therefore, the display screen whose display is controlled by the organism information forming unit and the display screen whose display is controlled by the target processing unit are not harmonized and associated in terms of the screen construction, color arrangement, font, and the like. [0007] Moreover, the display screen whose display is controlled by the organism information forming unit and the display screen whose display is controlled by the target processing unit are independently displayed. That is, the display screen whose display is controlled by the target processing unit and the display screen whose display is controlled by the organism information forming unit are displayed in parallel in one display screen. Since the display screen whose display is controlled by the target processing unit and the display screen whose display is controlled by the organism information forming unit are displayed in parallel in one display screen as mentioned above and, further, the screen construction, color arrangement, font, and the like are not unified, there is such a problem that it is hard to see the display screen. [0008] To solve such a problem, it is considered to use a technique called a "callback" in which in order to provide information necessary for the display control to the target processing unit, the organism information forming unit which received an activating instruction from the target processing unit obtains a predetermined address in the target processing unit from the target processing unit whose processing contents have been made to correspond to the address and hands over the control to the target processing unit shown by the obtained address, and the specifications for such a technique have been determined. [0009] However, in the conventional organism information authenticating apparatus based on the determined specifications, information to select one of character trains which have been predetermined between the target processing unit and the organism information forming unit is notified from the organism information forming unit to the target processing unit and the character trains which are displayed on the display screen are merely switched on the basis of the information notified to the target processing unit. Therefore, control other than the switching control of the character trains is not made and there is such a problem that its generality is low. [0010] Also in the conventional organism information authenticating apparatus, since the organism information is formed on the basis of the quality specifications which have uniquely been determined in the developing company of the organism information forming unit, in the quality specifications in which a countermeasure against the case where, for example, the optimum image cannot be obtained due to some cause is not sufficiently considered, in spite of the fact that the hardware-like functional specifications such as the number of photographing pixels and the like are sufficient, there is a fear that the organism information of high quality cannot be formed. [0011] Specifically speaking, if the quality specifications have been predetermined so as to form the organism information on the basis of the image obtained by photographing the organism only once, for example, in a contact pressure, focusing, white balance, and the like in contact photographing, if a good organism image cannot be obtained due to some cause such as increase/decrease in contact pressure, backlight, or the like, the quality of the organism information which is formed on the basis of the image also deteriorates. [0012] According to the quality specifications of the organism information obtaining unit, quality checks about the focusing, white balance, whether or not an object was caught, and the like are performed to the image obtained by photographing the organism and the organism is photographed again as necessary. However, if a discrimination reference in the quality checks is lax, in spite of the image whose quality is substantially low, there is a fear that such an image is determined to be not the image of the low quality. There is a fear that the organism information of the low quality is formed on the basis of the image of substantially the low quality. [0013] As mentioned above, in the conventional organism information authenticating apparatus, the organism information is formed on the basis of the quality specifications which have uniquely been determined in the developing company of the organism information forming unit and the quality of the organism information is not objectively discriminated. Therefore, there is a fear that the target process is executed by using the organism information of substantially the low quality and it causes a problem. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0014] In consideration of the above problems, it is an object of the invention to provide an organism information authenticating apparatus which improves the generality and obtains organism information of high quality. [0015] Another object of the invention is to provide an organism information registering apparatus which improves the generality, obtains organism information of high quality, and registers it. [0016] Further another object of the invention is to provide an organism information collating apparatus which improves the generality, obtains organism information of high quality, and collates it. [0017] According to the present invention, there is provided an organism information authenticating apparatus comprising: [0018] an organism information forming unit which forms organism information on the basis of an organism; and [0019] a target processing unit which executes a target process regarding authentication by using the organism information formed by the organism information forming unit, [0020] in which when the target processing unit instructs activation of the organism information forming unit, the organism information forming unit notifies the target processing unit of information for the target process, [0021] wherein the target processing unit has [0022] a processing information obtaining unit which obtains processing information necessary for the target process by the notification from the organism information forming unit; Continue reading... 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